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Care Esports hosted an esports tournament in Japan, giving elderly patients the opportunity to practice and compete in a competitive multiplayer game. They hold tournaments for a new game every year, and, in 2025, seniors were competing to prove who the real King of the Iron Fist is in Tekken 8. With competitors ranging from their 60s all the way …

Screenshot: CD Projekt RED / Kotaku CD Projekt Red is hosting a live stream tomorrow, July 16, to talk about the next update to Cyberpunk 2077. While the main team is working on the upcoming sequel, Virtuos is co-developing further updates on the original RPG because the studio can’t quite seem to let it go completely. I’m not complaining, however, …

The rumored iPhone 17 Air will have a titanium frame, according to Apple analyst Jeff Pu. In an investor note with equity research firm GF Securities this week, Pu also said the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max will have aluminum frames, so the iPhone 17 Air will apparently be the only new model to use …

Xbox is bringing its “stream your own game” feature to PC. On Tuesday, the company announced that Xbox Insiders with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription can try streaming the Xbox games they own, including some that are available on console only, directly from the Xbox PC app. Bringing the feature to PC is especially helpful, as it will help users …

If you’re a Chrome user still running macOS Big Sur, you’ll soon have to decide which of the two you’ll want to update, as Google just confirmed it’s dropping support for macOS 11. Here is the timeline. Chrome 139, expected to ship on July 30, won’t run on macOS 11 In its Chrome Platform Status page, Google has confirmed that …

As large language models (LLMs) grow more capable, the challenge of ensuring their alignment with human values becomes more urgent. One of the latest proposals from a broad coalition of AI safety researchers, including experts from OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, and academic institutions, offers a curious but compelling idea: listen to what the AI is saying to itself. This approach, known …

Back in May, analyst Jeff Pu suggested that while the iPhone 17 Pro models would get an A19 Pro chip, and the iPhone 17 Air would get an A19, the base model would get the same A18 chip as the iPhone 16. In a note seen by 9to5Mac, Pu now says the supply chain evidence suggests he was wrong, and …

There’s nothing more frustrating than watching your iPhone’s battery drain before your eyes — but there’s one simple trick that can help your cell stay powered for far longer than you think. Thanks to a little-known software update released six years ago, all you have to do is place your phone face down when you’re not using it. That’s it …

US tariffs continue to cause problems and supply issues in the gaming space. The latest to feel the effects is Analogue. The company today that its Analogue 3D, a modern remake of the Nintendo 64 console, will not start shipping until late August. Analogue noted that “last week’s sudden tariffs” were the reason for this change. “We’re absorbing the costs—your …

Image: Nintendo We’re in the second month of the Switch 2’s life, and this week marks the release of Donkey Kong Bananza. After hearing so much about this new DK game in the lead up to the big release, it’s finally launching on 17th July 2025. As part of this, the first review has now been released by the famous …